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"The Cheney Presidency Remembered": For a few hours on Saturday, while Bush was getting a colonoscopy, Dick Cheney was President. The side-by-side view of Cheney's evil Iran plans and the colonoscopy was very unnecessary. I was not prepared for it and now have the image permanently burned into my brain. Senior Presidential Historian Samantha Kearns Bee reflected on the bold moves of Cheney's presidency, including decriminalizing shooting old men in the face. I spent a few minutes wondering why Samantha got a new middle name ("So... she'd be... Samantha Kearns Bee-Jones?") before I realized the Doris Kearns Goodwin connection. What can I say? I'm slow. Very, very slow.

"Mess O' Potomac": Ryan Crocker had a chat with Joe Biden and company but trying to do it on a large flat screen TV led to inevitable connection problems. That's what happens when you try to get fancy, Crocker! Oh, and that graphic gag was the only mention of Harry Potter that night, even though I thought they would have most definitely talked about the insane book sales. I blinked and I missed the graphic.

"Expert Tease": Did they bump the Jason Jones' scooter segment for this? It felt kind of rushed and pointless to dig up all those old clips to do a "Decider" joke again. However, I did greatly enjoy that "voyeur" moment. What in the world was the context of that clip?! Was it just a malapropism or did that guy really need to defend himself and make it clear that he's not a voyeur?

The night's guest was Neil DeGrasse Tyson, promoting his NOVA goodness. YES! I actually gasped happily when Jon said that Tyson would be on the show. His appearances on Daily Show and Colbert Report have always been incredible, due to, as Jon called it, his infectious enthusiasm. I mean, it's only with Tyson that I've ever gotten excited about stray bacteria in space or laughed at an extremophile joke. I don't know how good he is at reading lines and telling written jokes, but I wouldn't mind seeing this guy as the Daily Show's official science correspondent. Actually, forget the jokes thing. Just bring him on the show as a correspondent to throw a few fun science facts out there. I wouldn't mind.

Moment of Zen: CNN had a bad case of the giggles. "Daily Show is gonna love that one"? Good call.